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National By-Laws, National Regulations, and other Directives. meet these requirements will be accepted. Any Active National
The National President is to Chief Executive for day-to-day Officer who has been nominated for another National Office
leadership of the Order and ensures compliance by National must submit his resignation from the office held, effective upon
Line Officers, Committees, Chapters, Clubs, and members as election to the office sought.
the Chief Executive for all operations. The Board of Directors shall consist of five (5) Directors, with
ARTICLE 6 National Officers one each being elected for 5-, 4-, 3-, 2-, and 1-year terms the
6.1 The National Officers of National Sojourners shall consist of first year and one each year thereafter.
the following: National President; President-Elect; First Vice 7. VACANCIES: Elected National Officer vacancies, which
President; Second Vice President; Third Vice President; Secre- occur between National Conventions, with the exception of the
tary-Treasurer; Chaplain; Judge Advocate; Surgeon; Historian; Directors, National President-Elect, National Vice Presidents and
National Board of Directors; National Trustees; members of the National Secretary-Treasurer may be filled by the National Presi-
Committee of 33; members of the Honor Awards Committee; dent. To fill a vacancy within the Board of Directors, the Na-
Past National Presidents; Emeritus Members; and Past National tional President, in coordination with the Chairman of the
Commanders. National Officers will be elected and serve in ac- Board, may appoint a Trustee, PNP or LOH recipient to fill the
cordance with appropriate National Directives. office of any Director who resigns or is otherwise unable to
ARTICLE 8: fulfill his term of office, within the limitations, until the next
8.1.6 (added) National Board of Directors Annual National Convention. Such appointees will serve until
ARTICLE 18 Masonic Jurisdiction/Compliance/Discipline replacements are elected at the following National Convention.
18.2 Violations of Grand Lodge rules or edicts will be reported The Directors shall elect a Chairman and meet at least twice
immediately to the Board of Directors and National President. each year to review the operations and policies of the Corpora-
18.3 Corrective/disciplinary actions for errors and/or breaches of tion, ensure compliance with applicable Purposes, By-Laws,
conduct occurring within National Sojourners will be taken by National Regulations, and laws and recommend, as appropri-
the Board of Directors, National President or Sojourner Chapters ate, to the National Line Officers to address areas of concern.
in accordance with National Regulation 18.3. All Sojourner are subject to the oversight of the Board of Direc-
National Regulations will be changed as follows: tors for National Sojourners policy issues. The Chairman shall
NR 6.1 National Officers, Election and Tenure prepare and submit a Board of Directors Annual Report to An-
2. NATIONAL OFFICERS: In accordance with reference (a), nual National Convention delegates.
the National Officers of National Sojourners shall be: National NR 6.2 National Officers Duties and Responsibilities
President; President-Elect; First Vice President; Second Vice 11. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Shall have the general super-
President; Third Vice President; Secretary-Treasurer; Chaplain; vision and control over ensuring National Sojourners, its Trus-
Judge Advocate; Surgeon; Historian; Directors; Trustees; Com- tees, National Officers, and members operate within its stated
mittee of 33; Honor Awards Committee; Past National Presi- and approved Purpose By-Laws, National Regulations, laws.
dents; Past National Commanders; and Emeritus Members. Specific duties and operations are detailed in National Regula-
3. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS tion 8.1.6.
and NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE LINE OFFICERS: The NR 8.1.1 National Trustees
selection of all candidates for the Board of Directors and nation- 4. Duties, paragraph e. Interim National Secretary-
al progressive line shall be governed by the minimum require- Treasurer: In the event of disability, death or resignation of the
ments set forth below: National Secretary-Treasurer, a member of the National Trustees
4. NOMINATION, paragraph c: The Board of Directors: Board of Directors designated by the Chairman, after consulta-
Serve for a period of five years, one Director being elected at tion with the National President, shall assume the responsibilities
each National Convention. A National Director who has been of the National Secretary- Treasurer until a successor is appoint-
elected to complete an unexpired term on the National Trustees ed or elected.
is permitted to serve two (2) full five-year terms on the Board of New NR 8.1.6 Board of Directors (new) will be created as fol-
Directors in addition to completing the initial unexpired term. lows:
5. TENURE OF OFFICE: Any Active National Officer who Reference:
has served nine full years, in any one office, except the Directors, (a) By-Laws ARTICLE 1
National Secretary-Treasurer, National Historian, National Judge (b) By-Laws ARTICLE 4
Advocate, National Chaplain and the National Surgeon shall be (c) By-Laws ARTICLE 6
ineligible for further service in that office. Directors may serve (d) By-Laws ARTICLE 8
for two, full five-year terms, plus any uncompleted term. (e) By-Laws ARTICLE 18
6. DUAL STATUS: No Sojourner may occupy more than one (f) National Regulation 6.1
active National Office at the same time, except as a member of (g) National Regulation 6.2
the Honor Awards Committee, while serving as National Sur- (h) National Regulation 8.1.1
geon, National Chaplain, or as a Director, while serving as a (i) National Regulation 18.3
Trustee. Due to the experience required and the policy respon- TBD JUNE 2020
sibilities of Directors relative to the Purposes, National By- 1. PURPOSE: To prescribe the duties, responsibilities and op-
Laws, National Regulations, laws, and other National Officers, eration of the National Board of Directors.
National Directors will be nominated by the Nominating Com- 2. COMPOSITION: As set forth in reference (a through d) the
mittee and elected from the Trustees (2 maximum at any given National Board of Directors are National Officers elected one
time), Past National Presidents, and Legion of Honor recipi- each year for a term of five years in accordance with reference
ents. Directors may not be current National Line Officers, Na- (b), National Board of Directors must be Sojourners of great
tional Heroes Officers, National Sojourners Convention Corpo- experience at the national level who are particularly knowl-
ration Officers, or Honor Awards Committee. No nomination edgeable in matters of National Sojourners policy, Purposes,
from a Chapter, National Officer or from the floor that does not National By-Laws, National Regulations, other National Direc-
tives, organizations and functions.